Tori Sparks is an American singer-songwriter living in Barcelona, Spain. She is known for her unconventional lyrics and her blending of folk, rock, and blues influences. Her sixth album, La Huerta, is a collaboration with flamenco fusion trio Calamento.

"Kashmir"

Oh let the sun beat down upon my faceStars to fill my dreamsI am a traveler of both time and spaceTo be where I have been

Secret elders of the gentle raceThis world is seldom seenThey talk of days for which they sit and waitAll will be revealed

Talk and song from tongues of lilting graceWhose sounds caress my earBut not a word I heard could I relateThe story was quite clear

And all I see turns to brownAs the sun burns the groundAnd my eyes fill with sandAs I scan this wasted land

Oh pilot of the storm who leaves no traceLike thoughts inside a dreamHeed the path that led me to that placeYellow desert screen

My Shangri-La beneath the summer moonI will return againSure as the dust that floats high in JuneWhen moving through Kashmir

[Oh father of the four windsFill my sails, across the sea of yearsWith no provision but an open faceAlong the straits of fear]